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pseudojasper en · NOUN

Etymology

From pseudo- + jasper.

Meanings

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) A rock that resembles, but is not, jasper
   • The pseudojasper, gold, and brilliant colours dazzled the eye till they all seemed to be swimming round and round the dome like fishes in a glass bowl. 1888, Benito Pérez Galdós, La familia de León Roch - Volume 2, page 86:
   • Now I suspect that the action of granite on this rock, has converted a part of it into this pseudo-jasper. 1841, Edward Hitchcock, Final report on the geology of Massachusetts - Page 553:

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